The Dickinson press., 1887-04-02
CHEWING IS BAD FORM.
A HABIT THAT is RAPIDLY BE-
COMING OBSOLETE.

Men are Taking to substitutes-The Con-
venicnt Slip of Slippery Elm-Licorice.
How Roscoe Conkling Broke Up had
Habit.
Manufacturers Of tobacco say that tho habit
of chewing is rapidly becoming as obsolete as
that of snuff taking, except among working
men. "1ou will find some of the older men
of wealth and refinement who chew nova
days." said large dealer, "but they acquired
the habit years ago, when it was not thought
vulgar or disrcputable to chew. Some Of
tho older judges chew, and there were
members of the supreme court of the
United States who wero not easy on the
bench unless they had a quid. \ very
few c!crgynlen use tobacco i'll this way, and
not a fow of the older lawyers and other pro-
fesSional men of years. But i'll the yo,hlger
generation of cultivated men Of good manners
there are very few, comparatively, now to
be found who chew. The young men of to-
day rarely acquire the habit, and predict
that within the neXt few years users of the
weed i'll this form will be only those who be-
long to the less cultivated society. 1t is now
regarded very bad form to chew, though
thirty years ago it was not No; chewing is
going the way of snuff taking"
Many of our most prominent public men
have fought hard To overcome this habit. In
Chicago and st. Louis chewing is now re-
galdad us vulgar by persons who make any
prctcnsions 10 social standing, and many of
the devices employee ly men to overcome the
habit are amusing At the lute trial of Max
we'll i'll ST. Louis the three prosecuting otti-
GERS We're noticed constantly chewing during
the trial, and une of them said: "Ecs, we are
chewing spruce gum, and we arc doing it to
break the habit of chewing tobacco, and if
you will notice on the street you will SEQ
three men out OF five Il mean, of course. those
who are not wnrkingmcn) vigorously work
Ing their jaws. They are chewing gum, for
there Sec!ll, tn bc II sort of tucit agreement
among. gentlemen here to quit chewing to-
baccu
a BIT OF SLIPPERY ELM
Many men now carry Il strip of slippery
elm i'll tin IL pocket, and when they feel the
Old crnvlAg come over them then they bite OFF
u lit and ,.new it. \ down town druggist
said thai ilc sold n great deal Of licoricc root
to nirn Who wcrc trying to break the tobacco
habit. li,#roe Conking used to chew, nj.
though he never used tobacco prepared for
chewing. He had II habit of taking IL good
cigar. c,Hiin:, it in two in the middle Then
placins the cul end of one of the halves be-
tween his teeth he would chew it. Hodid not
take what Ben Butler is so fond of, n dry
smoke, il is called hut he chcwed the
cigar. He determined to break this habit,
anti TO help him the more easily to conquer it
he filled his pockets with loZcnges or other
choice candies every morning. Coniling has
n very sweet tooth and is very fond of good
candy The last three or four years he was
| in the senate lie was rarely without Il loZenge
OF other candy in his mouth.
Senator Eaton and Senator Jones, of Flor
ida, were both pets of Conklng, and both
being pets of Coniling, and both being very
fond of candy, almost daily performed this
little comedy: Eaton would stroll over to
Conklng's desk and chat u few moments,
never failing to evince the profound admira-
ton for Conkng that he had By and by he
would say: "Coniling, what do you do wien
your throat is dry and husky" Thercupon
Conkling would produce box in which wcre
the sugar plunis, and Eaton, taking two or
three, would stroll cisurcy away with one in
his mouth. BY and by Jones would walk
across the aisle and make his obcisancc to
Conkling Then he would cough and hem
and clear his throat. Out would come tho
box, and Jones made himself happy with two
or three candles after sufficient hesitation
about taking them. Once when Jones, of
Nevada, was making a long speech and his
voice grew husky, Conliling arose, pulled his
box of confcrtions from his pocket and pre-
sented it to the nincr with rs much formaity
and dignity as though comforting the order of
the garter. He afelwaltl told Jones that if
he would eat more candy and use less tobacco
he would have no trouble with his voice.
But if the habit of chewing is decreasing
that OF smoking is gaining The coming gen
Grafton, by all signs, will all snoke.-Ncw
York Sun